Qualified Lawyers Transfer Regulations 2009

You need to have met the requirements of your Certificate of Eligibility before applying for admission.

We need:

certified copies of your QLTT certificates showing that you have passed the required heads.

a copy of a certificate of good standing from all jurisdiction(s) where you have been admitted. The certificate(s) must be less than three months old and confirm:

(a) your date of admission

(b) that you are in good standing

(c) that you have not been subject to any disciplinary proceedings

(d) that there are not any pending disciplinary proceedings against you

(e) that you are currently entitled to practise.

We may verify this with your home bar(s).

If you were required to do work experience we need a completed Experience Evidence Form with a covering letter. The letter must be an original on the firm’s letterhead from your supervisor and needs to confirm the information in the form.

Chartered Legal Executives (CILEx)

you do not need to complete a period of recognised training under regulation 5 of the Training Regulations 2014. You are exempt from the elective elements of the Professional Skills Course (PSC). This exemption is automatic you do not need to apply to us.

With your AD1 we need:

a copy of a certificate of good standing from CILEx. This must be less than three months old and confirm:

(a) your date of admission

(b) that you are in good standing

(c) that you have not been subject to any disciplinary proceedings

(d) that there are not any pending disciplinary proceedings against you

(e) that you are currently entitled to practise.

a certified copy of your PSC certificate(s) confirming that you have completed the Advocacy and Communications Skills, Client Care and Professional Standards modules and passed the Financial Business Skills exam.

a certified copy of your LPC completion certificate.

Assistant Justices’ Clerks

If you are employed as an Assistant Justices’ Clerk and you have:

(a) completed the academic stage

(b) completed the LPC

(c) completed the core modules of the PSC

(d) served for at least five out of the last ten years in the Magistrates’ Courts Service, before attending the LPC

you will not need to complete a period of recognised training. You are exempt from the elective elements of the PSC. You do not need to apply to us for this exemption.

With your AD1 we need:

a certified copy of your PSC certificate(s) confirming that you have completed the Advocacy and Communications Skills, Client Care and Professional Standards modules and passed the Financial Business Skills exam.

a certified copy of your LPC completion certificate.

a letter from an employer (an original on letterhead). This must confirm that before attending the LPC, you have served at least five out of the last 10 years in the Magistrates’ Courts Service as an Assistant Justices’ Clerk.

Provide a certificate of good standing/attestation from your home Bar, confirming your practising status as well as disciplinary information. This can be no older than three months.

Service levels

We aim to consider the majority of these applications within three months from the point we receive a complete application.

It may take longer depending on the complexity of the application or should we need to contact you to provide further information.

If your application is particularly time sensitive, please ensure you submit this and all required information well in advance of the three-month service level to allow us enough time to consider this.

Cost

The cost of admission for this application is £500, and if successful your first practising certificate is free.